• Song:

    Meant To Live

  • Artist:

    Switchfoot

  • Album:

    Meant To Live (From Spi...

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Song: Meant to live
Artist: Switchfoot
Tabbed by: Greg Stokes
E-mail: atreides133@wideopenwest.com

< >: Harmonics
b: bend.
h: hammer-on
p: pull-off	
ph: pinch harmonics.
*: let ring.



Guitars 1 and 2 are in Drop-D with distortion. Guitar 1 has a tinny/fuzz distortion and Guitar has a more full distortion ala? Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier.

Riff-A: Guitars play with a question-answer feel.


    GT1     GT2    GT2    GT1    GT1	  GT2     GT1&2
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--4-4-4----------2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------
D--4-4-4----b4----2-2-2----b4---2-2-2----b4----5-5-5--xx--<7>-----------------------
A--2-2-2----------0-0-0---------2-2-2----------5-5-5--xx--<7>-----------------------
D-------------------------------2-2-2----------5-5-5--xx--<7>-----------------------

Riff-B:
                     Both Guitars At The Same Time
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---4-4-4-----------2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------
D---4-4-4-----b4----2-2-2---b4---2-2-2-------b4-----x-4-4--2-2---4--0-0-------------
A---2-2-2-----------0-0-0--------2-2-2--------------x-4-4--2-2---4--0-0-------------
D--------------------------------2-2-2--------------x-4-4--2-2---4--0-0-------------

Guitar 2 plays that a second time while Guitar 1 plays this:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A---s8---9p8---8p7---7p6---6p5s1---2brb---------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------


Verse. Repeat 2x (throughout the verse)  
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0--4-5-4--2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0--------------------------
D-2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0--4-5-4--2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0--------------------------


E---------
B---------
G---------
D---------
A-4-5-7--5*
D-4-5-7--5*


Chorus. 
(We were meant to live for so much more.....)
repeat 2x
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5-5-5-<5>-<5>-<5>--7-7-7-<7>-<7>-<7>---9-9-9-<9>-<9>-<9>----2-2-2---b4-----------
A--5-5-5-<5>-<5>-<5>--7-7-7-<7>-<7>-<7>---9-9-9-<9>-<9>-<9>----2-2-2----------------
D--5-5-5-<5>-<5>-<5>--7-7-7-<7>-<7>-<7>---9-9-9-<9>-<9>-<9>----2-2-2----------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5-5-5-<5>-<5>-<5>---2-2-2----b4--------------------------------------------------
A--5-5-5-<5>-<5>-<5>---2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------
D--5-5-5-<5>-<5>-<5>---2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------


Bridge is just D and G(open)strumming on an acoustic guitar.

Outro: 

E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G--4-4-4----------2-2-2--------------------
D--4-4-4----b4----2-2-2----b4----0~--------
A--2-2-2----------0-0-0----------0~--------
D--------------------------------0~--------

Then you have feedback reflecting these harmonics:

E----------------------------
B-----------------<3>--------
G------------<3>------<3>----
D-----<3>--------------------
A----------------------------
D----------------------------

Song Structure:
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse 
Chorus
Riff B
Bridge
Chorus 
Outro
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